Jodel DR1050 Excellence
| DR1050 Excellence | |
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| Jodel DR1050 | |
| Role | Amateur-built aircraft |
| National origin | France |
| Manufacturer | Jodel |
| Designer | Jodel and Pierre Robin |
| Status | Plans available (2012) |
| Unit cost |
€400 (plans only, 2015) |
| Variants | Robin DR.200 |
The Jodel DR1050 Excellence and Ambassadeur are a family of French amateur-built aircraft, designed by Jean Délémontez (the principal designer of Jodel aircraft) in collaboration with Pierre Robin, as a development of the Jodel D.11. The aircraft was built in the 1960s both by Centre-Est Aeronautique (see Robin Aircraft) and by Société Aeronautique Normande but since the demise of the latter in 1968 has only been supplied as plans.[1][2]
Design and development
The DR1050 features a cantilever low-wing, a three-seat enclosed cockpit, fixed, tailwheel conventional landing gear or with wheel pants and a single engine in tractor configuration. Tricycle landing gear is optional.[1][2]
The later DR1050M Sicile, manufactured by Centre-Est Aeronautique, featured a swept fixed fin with separate rudder in place of the earlier straight fin/rudder. This design was further developed as the DR200/220/250 series and subsequently as the Robin DR400 series.
The aircraft is made from wood, with its flying surfaces covered in doped aircraft fabric. Its 8.72 m (28.6 ft) span wing employs a NACA 23012 airfoil and has an area of 13.60 m2 (146.4 sq ft). The standard engine used is the 100 hp (75 kW) Continental O-200 four-stroke powerplant.[1][2][3]
Specifications (DR1050)
Data from Bayerl[1]
General characteristics
- Crew: one
- Capacity: two passengers
- Wingspan: 8.72 m (28 ft 7 in)
- Wing area: 13.60 m2 (146.4 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 440 kg (970 lb)
- Gross weight: 780 kg (1,720 lb)
- Fuel capacity: 150 litres (33 imp gal; 40 US gal), in three tanks, two of 55 litres (12 imp gal; 15 US gal) and one of 40 litres (8.8 imp gal; 11 US gal)
- Powerplant: 1 × Continental O-200 four cylinder, air-cooled, four stroke aircraft engine, 75 kW (101 hp)
- Propellers: 2-bladed metal
Performance
- Maximum speed: 220 km/h (137 mph; 119 kn)
- Cruise speed: 210 km/h (130 mph; 113 kn)
- Stall speed: 88 km/h (55 mph; 48 kn)
- Rate of climb: 2.8 m/s (550 ft/min)
- Wing loading: 57.3 kg/m2 (11.7 lb/sq ft)
References
- 1 2 3 4 Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011–12, page 95. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
- 1 2 3 Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 99. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ISSN 1368-485X
- ↑ Lednicer, David (2010). "The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage". Retrieved 3 January 2012.
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